Schwarzenegger pushes for November budget solution

The severity of the situation will not force lawmakers to respond, the situation was severe back in May-September & the lawmakers didn't respond, they're just as entrenched today as they were back then. Lawmakers don't care if the Governor looks at their name favorably down the line. The termed out lawmakers will run for another elected office, they all do. State workers taking a monthly unpaid day of leave through June 2010 "under the auspices of everyone gets a little haircut" is not getting a little haircut. A little haircut cost $25-$30. A monthly unpaid day of leave is a 5% pay cut. For me, a state worker, that's $163.20 pay cut per month. This is $163.20 per month less in discretionary spending. This means I'll have $163.20 less per month to purchase big ticket items such as kitchen appliances, remodeling my home, etc. This means less sales tax revenue going into the General Fund.